Person Petit; Jean Louis (1674 - 1750) Petit Jean Louis 1674 - 1750 French Male Paris, France 13 March 1674 Paris, France 20 April 1750 or 20 April 1760

Surgeon Education: Began studying anatomy at the age of 12; MS (1700) Career: Surgeon in the Army; Surgeon at the Hospital in Tournai (1697); practised in Paris, where he became the most famous surgeon in France; summoned to attend the King of Poland (1726) and the future King of Spain (1734); the King of Prussia sought his advice on training army surgeons; Royal Censor of surgical books; Director of the Academie Royale de Chirurgie (1731) Memberships: Academie Royale des Sciences (1715) Fellow 06/11/1729 Frank Nicholls Sir Hans Sloane William Rutty Sources: Bulloch's Roll; printed list; Eloy; Hirsch Notes: Hirsch gives date of death as 20 April 1760 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 13 Mar 1674 - 20 Apr 1750 NA497 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes 014710a6-d881-468d-9c55-7f36b73461d5